Monday, September 19, 2005
something put up by one of my prof...finds it interesting.......ROBERT CLEMENTS How often we spend all our lives learning from mistakes we commit! The meaningful lines I reproduce below will I hope teach us to make life more gentle and happy for ourselves and those around us:I've learned that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.I've learned that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.I've learned that money doesn't buy class.I've learned that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.I've learned that to ignore facts does not change facts.I've learned that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.I've learned that love, not time, heals all wounds.I've learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.I've learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.I've learned that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.I've learned that life is tough, but I'm tougher.I've learned that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.I've learned that when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.I've learned that I wish I could have told those I cared about that I love them one more time before they passed away.I've learned that one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow we may have to eat them.I've learned that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.I've learned that I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.I've learned that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.I've learned that to speak kindly in the morning lightens the cares of the day, and makes the household and all other affairs move along more smoothly. I've learned to speak kindly at night, for it may be that before the dawn some loved one may finish his or her space of life, and it will be too late to ask forgiveness. I've learned that to speak kindly at all times; encourages the downcast, cheers the sorrowing, and very likely awakens the erring to earnest resolve to do better, with strength to keep them∑!Ah! How much I've learned; I wish I'd learned all this earlier, much earlier and pray dear reader you learn before its too late..!
